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What is the difference between licensed and non licensed radios?

Non licensed radios are usually cheaper low cost radios and would normally be used for personal and light industrial use. For example, some license free radios are suitable for communication between friends and family at camp sites and ski resorts. Similarly, these radios might be suitable for light business use such as primary schools and

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2-Way Radio Definitions

Two-Way Radio – A two-way radio is a hand held device or transceiver can both transmit and receive voice communication.  Broadcast Environment’s use receivers meaning one can receive voice but not transmit communications. Other terms for Two-Way radios include; walkie-talkies, hand held radio or handie-talkies. The three types of Two-Way radios are; hand-held, mobile, and stationary or base.

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How to Be a Ham

Amateur Radio In my opinion, the ultimate in radio communication is Amateur Radio, also known as Ham Radio. Ham isn’t an acronym,but an old-school term originally thought to have been derived from radio operators with poor or “ham-fisted” skills.It consists of a series of radio frequency bands designated internationally for public, non-commercial use. Various types

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Handheld transceivers should understand anything(2)

Handheld transceivers should understand anything two Radio Programming Basics Hopefully by now in the article, you’ve gotten a bit of the gist of programming and how it doesn’t necessarily take software and a programming cable to do so. Most modern radios that have a display and a keypad, are capable of being programmed manually through

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Handheld transceivers should understand anything(1)

Handheld transceivers should understand anything one First off, my recommendations for radios are going to be primarily based on handheld applications. While there are certainly pros to having a larger base station transceiver, the handhelds have it when it comes to portability, ease of use, versatility and more. They can be used at home, in

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